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βώμιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βώμιος

Structure: βωμι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: bwmo/s

Sense

  1. of an altar
  2. at the altar

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative βώμιος βώμια βώμιον
Genitive βωμίου βωμίᾱς βωμίου
Dative βωμίῳ βωμίᾱͅ βωμίῳ
Accusative βώμιον βώμιαν βώμιον
Vocative βώμιε βώμια βώμιον
DualN/A/V βωμίω βωμίᾱ βωμίω
G/D βωμίοιν βωμίαιν βωμίοιν
PluralNominative βώμιοι βώμιαι βώμια
Genitive βωμίων βωμιῶν βωμίων
Dative βωμίοις βωμίαις βωμίοις
Accusative βωμίους βωμίᾱς βώμια
Vocative βώμιοι βώμιαι βώμια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective βώμιος βωμίου βωμιότερος βωμιοτέρου βωμιότατος βωμιοτάτου
Adverb βωμίως βωμιότερον βωμιότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • μητέρα γεραιὰν βωμίαν ἐφημένην ξένουσ θ’ ὁμοῦ γυναῖκασ, οὐχ ἕνα ῥυθμὸν κακῶν ἐχούσασ· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode6)
  • ἄλλῳ δ’ ἐπεῖχε τόξ’, ὃσ ἀμφὶ βωμίαν ἔπτηξε κρηπῖδ’ ὡσ λεληθέναι δοκῶν. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 3:5)
  • Ὦ τοῦδ’ Ἀχαιῶν κοίρανοι κοινοῦ στρατοῦ, ὁρᾶτε τήνδε θυσίαν, ἣν ἡ θεὸσ προύθηκε βωμίαν, ἔλαφον ὀρειδρόμον; (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, dialogue 1:8)

Synonyms

  1. of an altar

  2. at the altar

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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